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Land Transport Authority
Agency overview
Formed	1 September 1995
Preceding agencies	Registry of Vehicles Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department Land Transportation Division of the Ministry of Communications
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	1 Hampshire Road Singapore 219428
Agency executives	Chan Heng Loon Alan, Chairman Ngien Hoon Ping, Chief Executive
Parent agency	Ministry of Transport

The Land Transport Authority (Abbreviation: LTA; Chinese: 陆路交通管理局 (shortform: 陆交局); Malay: Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat; Tamil: நிலப் போக்குவரத்து வாரியம்) of Singapore is a statutory board of the Ministry of Transport. It was founded in 1 September 1995, by merging four agencies, which are Registry of Vehicles, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department of Singapore and Land Transport Division of the then-Ministry of Communications. LTA leads the development of land transport in Singapore.

The Land Transport Authority's headquarters at the former Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital.

The LTA Gallery is located at the LTA office at Hampshire Road

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